Mike Leach Fired

Texas Tech fired its winningest football coach just days before a bowl appearance.

Mike Leach, who was suspended indefinitely Monday after a complaint from an injured player’s family, was fired Wednesday.

Texas Tech suspended Leach indefinitely Monday as it investigated a complaint from the family of wide receiver Adam James that the coach treated the player poorly after he suffered a concussion.

Leach’s attorney, Ted Liggett, has said that the case would never have happened if James was not the son of ESPN analyst and former Southern Methodist University and National Football League player Craig James.

“I’m a dad,” Craig James said Tuesday during a televised ESPN interview. “Everybody knows me as an ESPN guy and a football guy, but I’m a dad. When my wife and I heard about it the first time, we had no idea how to respond. The second time it came to us, we really wanted to help protect Adam from further things that could go against him. This is not common sense, the tactics and the tools and the methods he was placed under following a doctor’s diagnosis of a concussion.’’

Defensive coach Ruffin McNeil will lead the Red Raiders in Saturday night’s Alamo Bowl against the Michigan State Spartans.

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